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To: Dave Bissett who wrote (11272)	9/21/2000 8:40:57 PM
From: RJL	Respond to of 14778

Not something you see on everyday machines, RAID is generally implemented on computers where data integrity and drive redundancy is of the upmost importance... FWIW... syred.com For something a wee bit more advanced: sunsite.berkeley.edu Rich Edit: Good information for RAID setups under Windows NT: ntfaq.com

To: Dave Bissett who wrote (11272)	9/21/2000 8:51:34 PM
From: Early Out	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

Can someone give me an explanation of RAID technology Here is a well done easy to follow guide to RAID: arstechnica.com

To: Dave Bissett who wrote (11272)	9/21/2000 9:31:27 PM
From: Nick Morvay	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

RAID or Redundant Array of Independent Disks is a high performance storage unit consisting of multiple disks to achive data redundancy. Mostly used in critical server applications. kintronics.com uni-mainz.de

To: Dave Bissett who wrote (11272)	9/22/2000 11:05:05 AM
From: NickSE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

The Ars article posted is a good one. That's what I followed to build my own RAID. Unfortunately, my motherboard doesn't have onboard RAID like some of the new ones, so I had to buy a separate card. FWIW, all I had to do was install a Promise Fasttrak RAID PCI Controller with two 30G IBM Deskstars 75GXP, reconfigure the bios to boot off the card, and finally fdisk a few new partitions and format the HDs. Got WinME on one partition and W2K on another and both have noticeable speed gains over the old HD config. My HD benchmarks =) members.home.net